Alone with a Friend (Yen Chun Cheryl Chen)

Alone drinking coffee,
My dear mug and me,
I look out my window,
Earth muffled in snow.
Within, safe and warm,
Suddenly so calm –
A feeling of bliss,
Angelic stillness.

Only an avalanche
From the tree's topmost branch
Penetrates these four walls –
Caressing the silence
As it falls.

Translation: —okei